It was a rough day. He shouldn't have got out of bed at all.
Try to reverse and move quickly back to bed so the next day will come round faster. Buy chocolate cake on the way home. Just on a whim. "Maybe I'll just have chocolate cake for dinner he says."

Then he passes by the fruit stall where a young boy tries to sell him some apples and fresh mangoes. The boy is very thin and looks like he could use some food. The man buys a lot of fruits (mangoes, durians, apples, oranges) and passes a little extra to the boy for dinner.

Back home, he cuts the fruits and has that instead for dinner. And as he cuts the fruits, he realises that he doesn't need the chocolate cake after all.

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE CAKE:
400g plain flour
230g golden caster sugar
80g light muscovado sugar
50g best quality cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
3 eggs
142ml/small tub sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
175g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
125ml butter
300ml chilled water

FOR THE FUDGE ICING:
175g dark chocolate, minimum 70% cocoa solids
250g whipping cream
250g icing sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Serving Size : Serves 10.

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Butter and line the bottom of a baking tin.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugars, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb and salt.

3. In another bowl or wide-necked measuring jug whisk together the eggs, sour cream and vanilla until blended.

4. Using a freestanding or handheld electric mixer, beat together the melted butter and butter until just blended (you’ll need another large bowl for this if using the hand whisk), then beat in the water.

5. Add the dry ingredients all at once and mix together on a slow speed. Add the egg mixture, and mix again until everything is blended and then pour into the prepared tins.

6. Bake the cake for 50–55 minutes, or until a cake-tester comes out clean. Cool the cake in their tins on a wire rack for 15 minutes, and then turn the cakes out onto the rack to cool completely.

7. To make the icing, melt the chocolate in a saucepan, and let cool slightly.

8. In another bowl beat the cream until it forms soft peaks and then add the sieved icing sugar and beat again until everything’s light and fluffy. Then gently add the vanilla and chocolate and mix together until everything is glossy and smooth.

9. Ice the top and sides too, spreading and smoothing with a bread knife. Cut and serve with extra fudge drizzled around the sides if you fancy.